Example Sentences

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That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

I tidied up the wiring using the kind of tape that the factory would have used in 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Implausible horror movies ask you to buy that a curse can be broken, a killer bested, nightmares tidied into a neat resolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Second half we tidied up that defensive bit, but we weren't able to adjust to go and take some field position and get back in the game.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

The three little girls, Bethan, Delwyth, and Eira, barefoot and grass-stained, smoothed and tidied the little corner of meadow that they called their Tea Place.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry